conservatives and liberals agree that the health care system before obama care was a mess. but democrats wrongly associated those failures with a market failure. it wasn't a failure of markets. we hardly had a market at all. we didn't have a lot of competitive pressures to hold down prices or give consumers options. pointing out the price source of the problem is the first step towards the right solution. so it doesn't make sense the way we pay for health care. i believe we have some of the highest quality health care in the world. but our payment system is what needs addressing. the third-party payment system, the fact that i use a health insurance company to pay for my well checks, things i get on a regular basis makes no sense. pointing to those problems and coming up with solutions for those problems instead of rearranging everything -- >> i agree with the market approach. but i want to come back to lanny davis because you are one clever, wise chap. >> thank you. >> lanny, if i were running for office and i am not, but if i were running in 2014 as a republican, you know